Escravos Airstrip Explained

Escravos Airport
Icao:DNES
Type:Public
City-Served:Escravos
Elevation-F:10
Coordinates:5.6167°N 5.1889°W
Pushpin Map:Nigeria
Pushpin Label:DNES
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Nigeria
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length-M:1700
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Metric-Rwy:y
Footnotes:Source: GCM Google Maps[1]

Escravos Airport is an airport serving the Escravos coastal oil terminal in the Delta State of Nigeria.

The Osubi non-directional beacon (Ident: ESC) is located on the field. The Escravos NDB (Ident: ES) is 1.2nmi southeast of the airport. The runway length includes a displaced threshold on Runway 31.

Description

The airport is located in Delta state in the south eastern part of Nigeria.It's a personal runway that belongs to Chevron. It is mostly used by entering and exiting the Escravos tank farm, gas plants, and EGTL. It also serves as a departure point for Chevron employees traveling to marsh fields and offshore locations..it has only one runway 1770m.According to findings the airstrip has latitude of 5.6253222222 and longitude of 5.1923833333.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://maps.google.com/?ll=5.616221,5.188057&spn=0.021547,0.017402&t=h&z=16 Google Maps - Escravos
  2. Web site: DNES - Escravos [Escravos Airstrip], DE, NG - Airport - Great Circle Mapper ]. 2023-06-14 . www.gcmap.com.